Rissoles of Salmon

Sport fishing was nearly as popular as hunting with the upper classes, as we see in the final episode of season 3, when almost the entire Crawley family goes to Duneagle castle in the river-rich Scottish Highlands to visit Susan, the niece of the Dowager Countess; her husband, Shrimpie MacClare; and their freespirited daughter, Lady Rose. Salmon was particularly abundant in Scottish rivers in the Downton era, and it was used in a variety of celebration-worthy dishes, from whole fish elabora